Bridge Magazine: How Grand Rapids is changing the game for Michigan

6:06 PM,
May 6, 2014

Written by

Conor Dugan
Bridge Magazine

One of the best things about being back in Grand Rapids is seeing the energy and creativity that is making this one of the best places to live in Michigan - and, I'd contend, the United States. I recently experienced a prime example of this during the weekly Wednesday night community night at GR Makers.

GR Makers is your high-school shop class on steroids. It describes itself as "an open community lab incorporating elements of a machine shop, a workshop, and a design studio." GR Makers is one of several manifestations of the "maker movement" in Grand Rapids. (Full disclosure: my law firm, Varnum, ...